Press for packing barrels or other packages.



No. 706,68l. Patented Aug. I2, I902.

S. McGDWN.

PRESS FOB PACKING B-ABBELS OR OTHER PACKAGES.

(Appiication filed Aug. 7, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED :STATES;

SYLVESTER MCOOWVN, OF ATHALIA,

PAT NT OFFICE.

OHIO, "ASSIGNOR TO GABE M. \VEIL,

LOUIS BROOKMAN, AND G. S. WEIL, OOP ARTNERS AS WEIL, BROOKMAN dz COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PRESS FOR PACKING shaasrsoa OTHER PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 706,681, dated August 12, 1902. Application filed August 7, 1901. Serial No. 71,186. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SLVESTER.MCCOWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Athalia, in the county of Lawrence and Stateof Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Presses for Packing Barrels or other Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of presses used in connection with packing barrels or packages and sometimes known as fruitpackers, tobacco-presses,-and the like, its

object being to produce a simple, effective, compact, and portable apparatus adapted to be taken into the field or elsewhere and applied directly to the package whose contents are to be compressed. The apparatus is selfcontained and is itself capable of being compactly folded for carriage and is also adj netfective in its operation.

To this end my invention consists in an apparatus embodying a slotted or perforated cross-bar adapted to be applied to a barrel or other package and be secured in position by. adj ustable tie-hooks extending to andengag ing under the bottom thereof and a rack-bar.

carried vertically through the perforated cross-bar'aforesaid and operated by a lever pivoted upon the cross-bar and pawls acting upon the rack-bar, which is normally upheld by a suitable spring.

The detailed construction'and functional features will more clearly appear in the subjoined description.

My invention is illustrated in the 36601111 panying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus complete shownin use in the act of compressing the contents of a barrel. Fig. 2 isa side view of the cross-bar removed with the tie-hooks folded under for transportation. Fig. 3 is a view of the guide-socket and its attendant parts shown separate in perspective elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the relation of'the operating-lever and the actuating-pawl to the rack-bar. Fig. 5 is a detail of the upper part of one side of the guidepicce, showing the guide-groove.

able to any size package andis quick and of Referring now to the.drawings, A desig- 5o nafres the cross-bar, upon the opposite ends of which are carried adjustable yokes a, a, from which are suspended extensible tie-rods a a provided at their extremities with hooks a (1. The tie-rods are preferably made in two parts, 5 5 the lower section pivoted to the upper section by means of a sliding'yok e a a and held in any desired: position of extension by setscrews 0. a passing .through suitably-an ranged holes. The construction and arrange- 6o ment of the tie-rods, as shown, permit them to be foldedbeneath,thecross-bar when desired, as shown in Fig. 2. Thecross-bar A is perforated centrally and vertically. Through the perforation.of-thejsame is fitted a guidepiece B, bolted to the top of the bar through a lateral flange I), cast with the guide-piece, as shown in Fig.3. 1 The guide-piece B is of rectangular cross section horizontally and presents a rectangular. channel open in front for the reception and play of the rack-bar. Above the flange b the two opposite sides only of the guide-piece are extended upward a short distance,leaving the guide-channel open at theback as well as at thefront. In the opposite inner sides of the guide-piece vertical grooveslO, Fig. 5, are formed for the reception and play of a rack-bar O, adapted to fit the guide-channel and provided with longitudinal ribs at opposite sides to fit the grooves of the guide-piece. If desired, the rack-bar may be grooved andribs 12 may be formed on the opposite sides of the guide-piece; as shown in Fig. 3. The front face of the guide-bar is provided with rack-teeth pointing upward.

There is also erected at the rear of the rack bar and seated in and rising from the flange b a fixed vertical rod or standard a, which is embraced by a 1ug o, projecting from the rack-bar G. A coiled spring s upon the standard o and interposed between thelug c and the flange b sustains the weight of the rackbar and holds it normally in its upper position. Upon the flange b at the front of the rack-bar guide is formed a pillow-hlock to receive the pivotal bearings of a bell-crank lever L, to whose shorter arm Z is pivoted a hooked pawl 10, which engages the rack-bar,

as shown in Fig. 4. The long arm of the lever L is extended in any convenient direction for operation by the attendant. Immediately above the pawl 19 is arranged a yokepawl 9, pivoted to the upper extension of the guide B and is normally held in engagement with the teeth of the rack-bar C bya suitable spring 3. A similar spring 20, attached in any. convenient manner, holds the operating pawl 10 to its work.

The rack-bar projecting downward in its guides through the cross-bar A is fitted with a removable head 0 which being removed permits the rack-bar to be entirely withdrawn upward. When it is desired to transport the apparatus, the rack-bar may be thus removed and folded with the cross-bar B. The standard c and the lever-arm L are also made removable for convenience in folding and transporting the apparatus.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1, In an apparatus of the character indicated the combination of the cross-bar, a vertical guide rising from the central longitudinal portion thereof, a rack-bar operating in the guide, an operating-lever fu-lcrumed to the guide, a pawl to engage said rack-bar, and a spring proximate to and parallel with the guide and rack-bar and seated upon the base of the former, and upholding the rackbar in its elevated position in relation to the cross-bar.

2. In an apparatus of the character indi cated in combination with the cross-bar and the rack-bar operated vertically through the same, of pivotally-suspended tie-rods, yokes slidable thereon, hook members pivotally secured to said slidable yokes, and means for holding the hook members in adjusted positions on the tie-rods.

3. In an apparatus of the character indicated, the combination with the cross-bar and rack-bar, operated vertically in relation to the same, of the hooked tie-rods pivotally secured to the ends of the cross-bar and adapted when out of use to fold inward beneath the said cross-bar.

4. In an apparatus of the character indicated, the combination of the cross-bar, the guide-piece, B, provided with the flange b, the rack-bar, 0, adapted to operate with the guidepiece, and provided with the perforated lug, c, the fixed standard, 0, and the spring, 8, coiled upon said standard, between the lug, c, and the flange, b.

5. In a portable apparatus of the character indicated, the cross-bar, in combination with tie-hooks pivoted to the ends thereof to fold inward, said tie-hooks being pivoted midway of their shanks to fold outward substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

SYLVESTER MOOOWN.

Witnesses:

R. B. MILLER, WALTER A. KNIGHT. 

